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St Nicholas's Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Stinsford

Historical Forms

  • Ecclesia de Frome 1268,1280 Ass
  • 'the church of Frome Whitefeld' 1360 Pat

Etymology

( site of ) , Ecclesia de Frome 1268, 1280Ass , 'the church of Frome Whitefeld '1360 Pat , cf. Frome parsonage 1585 DorR , the parsenage of Frome Whitfilde 1588 ib , Chapel Cl 1840TA (Dorchester HolyTrinity) and Eglysham supra ; it was ' almost entirely decayed before 1549 ' ( Hutch1 1398 ) , v. RCHMDo 3 257 .